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Prenups and high net worth divorces: do they solve everything?

While any high net worth individual might consider a prenuptial agreement to be an ironclad contract, New York state law might not agree. New York is one of the few states which hasn't adopted the Uniform Prenuptial Agreement Act (UPAA). New York has its own set of rules and laws for these types of agreements…

Bar report – court rules in favor of expanded representation in administrative child abuse and neglect hearings

The Appellate Division held that substantiation of a child abuse charge is a consequence of magnitude sufficient to warrant the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant. Comparing the substantiation of a child abuse and neglect charge that results in a listing on the child abuse registry to a "governmentally-imposed scarlet letter," the Appellate Division…